Malala Yousafzai

By Nancy Andres Danitza Avila - 311

Malala Yousafzai

By Nancy Andres Danitza Avila - 311

1997-

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Malala said “I’m very frightened,”.

Nowadays explosions are growing We can’t sleep. Our siblings are terrified, and we cannot come to school.”. the local language: “Takra jenai,” which means “a shining young lady.” He added, “I think her name is Malala.”

Taliban soldiers in black turbans pulled drivers out of cars at checkpoints, searching for DVDs, alcohol, and anything else in violation of Shari’a, or strict Islamic law.

Seeing girls speak to the public was unusual

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a gunman entered their school bus and asked for Malala by name. She was shot with a single bullet which went through her head, neck and shoulder. Two of her friends were also injured in the attack

Malala survived the initial attack, but was in a critical condition. She was moved to Birmingham in the United Kingdom for treatment at a hospital that specialises in military injuries.

January, 2013 by which time she had been joined by her family in the UK.

girls being denied a formal education because of social, economic, legal and political factors.

Malala accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on 10 December, 2014 with Indian children's rights and education advocate Kailash Satyarthi. Malala contributed her $1.1 million prize money to financing the creation of a secondary school for girls in Pakistan.

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Malala was born in july,12,1997 in mingora Pakistan she became an advocate for girls so then it caused a terrible consequence and she died in October,9,2012 she got killed by a gunman and got shot while traveling home to but she did not die and they took her to the military hospital.

Childhood

She was born on July 12, 1997 as the eldest child of Ziauddin Yousafzai and his wife Toorpekai Yousafzai; she has two younger brothers. Her family ran a chain of schools.Her father, an educational activist, taught her Pashto, English and Urdu. Her father sensed early on that there was something special about Malala and encouraged her to think and express herself freely.

Education

Acomplishments

She was bestowed with Sitara-e-Shujaat, Pakistan's third-highest civilian bravery award in October 2012. In November the same year she was presented with Mother Teresa Awards for Social Justice.

The Clinton Foundation presented her with the Clinton Global Citizen Award in 2013.

The European Parliament honored her with the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 2013.

She was awarded the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize along with Indian activist Kailash Satyarthi “for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education".